MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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